Sexually transmitted infections and male circumcision: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ISRN Urol · 2013 · PMC3654279 · PMID 23710368

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0.1261

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showed a trendP = .1261not close (p > 0.1)

The studies of HSV showed a trend to having a greater association between HSV and intact men inside of Africa ( t = 1.53 and P = .1261) with African studies having a summary odds ratio of 1.35 (95% CI = 1.04–1.75) and non-African studies a summary odds ratio of 1.06 (95% CI = 0.87–1.29).

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a strong trendno p-value reported

Genital Warts The prevalence of genital warts has a strong trend towards being lower in intact males.

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approaches statistical significanceno p-value reported

This is confirmed when this study is excluded from the analysis and the summary odds ratio drops to 0.85 and the finding approaches statistical significance (95% CI = 0.70–1.03) ( Table 15 ).

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a slight trendno p-value reported

When the studies are combined, there is no statistically significant association but a slight trend toward higher risk for intact men.

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